Toilet accessory



Nov. 8, 1932. w. FRIEDMAN TOILET ACCESSORY Filed July 2. 1931 INVENTDR TlE- Zl/z'llz'am Friedman,

BY HIS ATTORNEY P Patented Nov. 8, 1932 UNITED STATES- WILLIAM FRIEDMAN, OFNEW YORK, Y.

TOILET ACCESSORY Application filed July .2,

This invention relates to toilet accessories, and more particularly to containers for carrying and applying cosmetics, such as lip-stick. V

The objects of the invention are to provide an improved toilet accessory, small in size and neat in appearance; to provide a nesting of the body or container member with v the closure member when not in use; to avoid a separable cover or closure; to accomplish closing of the container with the lipstick or other cosmetic retracted, by a half rotation of the parts; to positively prevent the lipstick from inadvertently extending.

Referring to the accompanying drawing in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts throughout the several views Figures 1 and 2 are front and side elevations respectively of a container in closed or nested position embodying my invention;

Figures 3 and 4 are side and front views respectively of the same container in open or extended position;

Figures 5 and 6 are end views showing the container in closed and open positions respectively;

Figure 7 is a longitudinal sectional view with the container open, taken upon line 77ofFig.4;

Figure 8 is an elevation of a. modified constructign;

Figure 9 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on line 99 of Fig. 8; and

Figure 10 isan end view of this modified construction.

In the specific embodiment of the invention illustrated in said drawing, and with reference initially to the construction shown in Figures 1 to 7, the reference numeral 1 indi- 40 cates the member of my device which for convenience will be designated the container, and the numeral 2 indicates the member herein called the closure. Both of these parts are preferably elongated semi-cylinders or substantially such, the closure 2 having its ends 3, 3 both substantially semi-circular and solid so as to not admit passage of the cosmetic therethrough. The diametric side of the closure is open and adapted to receive the container therein, thereby enabling the container 1931. Serial no. 548,286.

to nest within the confines of the closure. Aligned pivots, such as the rivets 4, 4, areprovided at the centers of curvature of the. ends 8, 3 of the closure for rotatably mounting the container with respect to the closure. 5 By virtue of this construction, the container may be rotated and thereby withdrawn laterally from the closure for use, and when the use hasbeen effected may be returned to the closure by a simple rotation.

The container preferably provides a substantially diametric wall 5 and a lower end wall 6, which co-operate with the semi-cylindrical wall to form a container, which, when swung out of the closure, will be open at its upper end. A carrier 7 is slidably mounted within the container, said carrieralso being open toward the upper end for receiving the cosmetic 8 When the carrier is slid toward the upper end, the cosmetic is caused to pro- 9 trude, as indicated in dotted lines in Figures 4 and 7, but such protrusion is only possible when the closure and container are in their extended position. Consequently the cosmetic will be protected and prevented from inadvertently sliding out when the device is being carried around in a ladys hand-bag, and yet is very easily obtainable when desired. 1 V

The semi-cylindrical wall of the container is provided with a longitudinal slot 9. A finger-piece, such as a pin 10 projects from the carrier 7 into said slot, thereby enabling the user to conveniently slide the carrier and cosmetic into projected or retracted position. lhis finger-piece does not project from the surface of the container any material extent, and therefore will not interfere.withnesting .of the container in the closure. Another pin 5 or the like 11 may be provided on the container at or adjacent the juncture ofthe semicylindrical wall with the diametric face, said pin projecting outwardly and adapted to engage against the edge wall of the closure to limit the rotation of the container and 010- sure one with respect to the other. I A notch may be proyidedin the edge of the closure to receive and frictionally engage saidpin so as to retain the parts rotated to either fully open or fully closed position as may be found desirable.

If so desired, the closure may be completely cylindrical. Such a construction is shown by way of example in Figures 8 to 10. In theseviews, a container is provided having a semi-cylindrical portion 12 for receiving a similarly shaped carrier 13 for a stick of cosmetic 14. The lower end of this container is made cylindrical and provided with a pcripheral groove 15 and an exposed margin 16 which may be knurled if desired to obtain a convenient finger-hold thereon. The closure 17 is cylindrical, with its lower end peripherally turned inward to engage in said groove and retain the parts assembled. The

, upper end of the closure provides an end wall 18 with a semi-circular opening adjacent one side of a size adapted to register with and admit passage of the cosmetic therethrough. The closure and container may have a relative rotation imparted thereto so as to cause the semi-cylindrical cosmetic receiving portion of the container to register with the solid portion of the wall 18 rather than with the opening, and the container preferably has a semi-circular end wall which will then register with and close said opening.

In the construction of toilet accessory shown in Figures 8 to 10, means are also provided for extending and retracting the cosmetic. As there shown, the container is provided with a longitudinal slot and the 010-. sure is provided with a corresponding longitudinal slot. These slots, identified as 19, 20, respectively, are so placed that they will register longitudinally when the open part of the container registers with the opening in the closure. The carrier is provided with a pin or finger-piece 21 riding in the slot of the container and which may be reached through the slot in the closure when the two slots register. v

Obviously detail changes other than the one here specified may be made in the construction and use of my improved toilet accessory, and I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the exact constructions shown or described except as set forth in the following claims when construed in the light of the prior art. I

Having thus described the invention, I claim 1. A toilet accessory'comprising a container and a closure, said container having an opening therein for passage of a cosmetic therethrough, said opening beingclosed by a relative rotation of container and closure, and said cosmetic being operated through said opening when uncovered independent of the uncovering operation.

2. A toilet accessory comprising 2. container and a closure rotatable on a longitudinal axis with respect to each other, said container having an end opening adapted to be covered and uncovered by the rotation of said parts, and means separably operable from the rotation of the closure for ejecting contents of said container when open.

3. A toilet accessory comprising a container and a closure, one adapted to nest within the other in closed position and one extending from the other in open position, said container having an opening exposed outside of the closure in said extended position and closed by said closure in closed position of said parts.

1. A toilet accessory comprising a semicylindrical container and a semi-cylindrical closure rotatably secured on a longitudinal axis and adapted to nest one within the other, said container having an end opening adapted to be covered by'said closure in nested position of parts and adapted to be exposed when said container is rotated to an extended position with respect to the closure, and means for slidably mounting a cosmetic in the container and project the cosmetic from the opening when the opening is exposed.

5. A toilet accessory comprising a container having a semi-cylindrical means thereinfor slidably supporting alstick of cosmetic, a cylindrical closure surrounding said means and having an end opening adapted to register with the cosmetic in one position and adapted to overlie the cosmetic in another position.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand in the city, county and State of New WILLIAM FRIEDMAN. 

